The Implementation of Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Technique in Reading Narrative Text

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan yang signifikan secara statistik nilai capaian pemahaman bacaan dan mencari aspek membaca mana yang paling meningkat melalui teknik Jigsaw cooperative learning. Penelitian ini menggunakan satu kelompok desain pre-test dan post-test. Subyek penelitian ini adalah 31 siswa di kelas IX D pada tahun akademik 2017/2018. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan tes membaca dalam bentuk pilihan ganda. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan paired sample t-test. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan  pencapaian pemahamaan bacaan siswa yang signifikan secara statistik dengan tingkat signifikansi 0.00 <0.05. Hasilnya juga menunjukkan bahwa pengajaran membaca menggunakan teknik Jigsaw cooperative learning membantu siswa untuk menemukan informasi spesifik dari teks dengan mudah.

The aim of this study were to find out whether there is a statistically significant improvement of the students’ reading comprehension achievement and to know which aspects of reading improve the most after the students were taught through Jigsaw cooperative learning technique. This study employed one group of pre-test and post-test design. The subjects of this research were 31 students in class IX D in the academic year 2017/2018. The data were collected using the reading tests in forms of multiple-choice. The data were analyzed using paired sample test. The result showed that there was a statistically significant improvement of the students’ reading comprehension achievement with the significant level 0.00<0.05. This suggests that teaching reading using Jigsaw cooperative learning technique facilitates the students to find specific information from the text easily.

Keywords: Jigsaw cooperative learning technique, reading comprehension achievement, narrative text.